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Monday, December 19, 2011

Hetero Every Child Deserves a Mother and a Father

Posted by Dan Savage on Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 12:26 PM

Because every child deserves a mother and a father, we step forward by recognizing that marriage is between a man and a woman.

Illinois:

Fiedler walked out of her home and saw her next-door neighbor Sara McMeen standing over a baby on the ground. “I asked her, ‘Is everything all right?’” Fiedler recalled Saturday. “She said: ‘No, everything is not all right.’” Then McMeen did the unthinkable, Fiedler said. “She put the gun to the baby and she shot it.” Those chilling details echoed through the quiet streets of a rural community 90 miles southwest of Chicago that woke up Saturday still grappling with the aftermath of what police said was a murder-suicide the day before that left five people dead. McMeen, 30, was killed. So was her boyfriend, Daniel Warren, 29, and their daughter Maggie Warren, 10 months. McMeen’s other two children Skyler Lemke, 8, and Ian Lemke, 7, were also dead, according to Livingston County Coroner Michael Burke.

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Apparently bi-polar disorder only affects straight people.

Posted by Banna

on December 19, 2011 at 12:36 PM

What is Romney's solution for kids where one or both parents have died? Or walked out? Or is overseas fighting one of the many foreign wars that the US is so fond of? If a matched, heterosexual set of parents is so bloody important, why isn't Romney doing something to criminalize divorce, or fight parental abandonment, or make sure that military parents are only given jobs where they can stay home and raise their kids?

Posted by TechBear on December 19, 2011 at 1:03 PM

It's so heartwarming to watch hetero couples conduct themselves in ways that would make Jesus want to nail himself to a cross while continuing to avoid being restricted from legal marriage.

Had that woman been the only survivor, she could have been remarried. And it wouldn't matter what her religion was or that of her spouse and it wouldn't matter how many times she or her spouse have been married.

All that matters is that the relation is penis/vagina. Only gays have to uphold gawds law.

Posted by patrick66 on December 19, 2011 at 1:14 PM

Instead of always beating up on gay people, why doesn't this asshole promote adoption if he cares so much about children? Because he cares more about being president and the right wing Christian vote. But the cult of Mormon will never cut it with that crew. Never.

Posted by Vince on December 19, 2011 at 2:08 PM

BTW Childhaven.org

Posted by Vince on December 19, 2011 at 2:08 PM

Mental Illness PROVES that homosexuals should be allowed to have kids!

PROOF!!!

Some people are mentally ill and do terrible tragic things
ergo
Homosexuals must be allowed to marry.

IT SO FUCKING OBVIOUS YOU ASSHOLES!!!!

Posted by DAM SAVAGE! on December 19, 2011 at 3:06 PM

....'President' Mitt Romney....

Posted by ....start practicing, Danny on December 19, 2011 at 3:08 PM

This is really not a persuasive argument Dan. There are a million reasons why people of any sexuality should be treated absolutely the same and be entitled to every legal protection and benefit available to all. However, focusing on anecdotal evidence that hetero people are capable of horrors towards their children just reeks of the same (unpersuasive) tactics homophobic people use. When I heard the Dr. Chen story I cringed not only for the tragedy but because I could just hear Santorum berating this story as an example of what happens when you let "these" kinds of people raise children. You should spend more time reporting on the awesome kids raised by single or same sex parents. Like me.

Posted by tosh lover on December 19, 2011 at 3:18 PM